Masks HELP

thebrain900 wrote on 1/26/2008, 2:17 PM
I am using Movie Studio 8.0 and I thought I chould use the Cookie Cutter to cut an object out off one Video and put it into another.
I know now that that is not what the Cookie Cutter is for but is the Mask Generator for that?

I saw in the help files that the Masks are for making colors Transparent. So can I make the background of my video transparent and have say a woman stay in the video??

I am trying to do a Green Screen efect but this video has doors and a wall and things in the background so I have to somehow take the woman out off the video or take the backgroung out??
Thanks again

Comments

Paul Mead wrote on 1/26/2008, 2:30 PM
You are persistent...
Chienworks wrote on 1/26/2008, 2:48 PM
If the woman stands perfectly still and the camera doesn't move then you can draw a mask in any photo editing program that is white in the shape where the woman is and black everywhere else. Save this as a still image file and import it into Vegas. This will let you mask out the background.

If the camera or the woman moves then you'll have to recreate the mask for each and every frame, 29.97 of them per second.
OhMyGosh wrote on 1/26/2008, 11:21 PM
If you are looking to do a 'Green Screen efect', then use a Green Screen. You are trying to make Shineola out of ...........video not previously shot with the desired outcome in mind. Good luck. Cin
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 1/27/2008, 1:46 AM
You are asking the impossible. The only way to do this is to work frame per frame, which is enormously time consuming.